Beckman Theatre (Irvine, CA)
Grease is the 1950s-set, all-American love story of two teens from opposite sides of the fence who fall in love one summer only to discover each other again at Rydell High School. The production stars Eric Kunze, who appeared on Broadway in such productions as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Damn Yankees.
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It was quite wonderful. Many but not all the Grease songs were played. I was a little dissappointed with not having the "You're the one that I want" song when she does her make over, it's my personal favorite. But besides that the the singing was awesome. I took 7 kids ages 5-15 and they all loved it. All the actors were fabulous. I'm really glad I got to take them all to this. It's one of my favorite movies and it was nice to share that with them.
This exceeded our expectations. The seats we got through Goldstar were center stage! The singers/dancers were fabulous. Before the play began, the audience was involved and made to feel part of the 50's era.
Beckman High School really has a state of the art theatre with very comfortable seats. The cast was talented and the sets were great. A very enjoyable evening.
Very talented cast! Fun show!
Where to begin? To start, the technical aspects were terrible. The music overpowered the lyrics, and the chorus overpowered the lead singers. They need their technical people to learn how to turn those knobs on the control panel so we can hear everything. The cast was fairly mediocre, with Charna Felthouse (Rizzo), Brace Lake (Vince Fontaine) and Jason Webb (Teen Angel) the exceptions. Sydney Dever (Sandy) lacked the energy and spirit the role requires - Felthous would have been a better casting decision here. Eric Kunze (Danny) was just a big disappointment. Can't act, can't sing, can barely dance - not sure how he ended up on Broadway. I'm a Grease junkie, and of the 300+ stagings I've seen this was close to the bottom. Save your money!!
If you are looking for a show full of terrible language and sexual hip thrusts every minute or so then this is the show for you. We actually left at intermission because it was so offensive. The actors and actressess were great and had excellent voices but the offensive language and dancing was a bit too much!
The venue was great. There was basically no bad seat in the theater. I was so impressed to know live music was used for this play. This was a professional musical. The cast was excellent and looked very much like the original actors or better. Their voices were great, although sound engineering could have done a better job of mixing...still it was a great experience and loved every moment of the show....
For me and my family the show could have only been better had they performed the movie's two main songs, at the beginning, "Grease" and at the end, "you're the one that I want".
What an awesome show! The characters were so funny and the Eric Kunze is a cuttie to watch! Everyone should come for a fun time this coming weekend!!!!!!
Grease is the 1950s-set, all-American love story of two teens from opposite sides of the fence who fall in love one summer only to discover each other again at Rydell High School. The production stars Eric Kunze who appeared on Broadway in such productions as Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Damn Yankees.
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